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Article 1. Conflict of Interest and Public Meetings.
Sec. 29.20.010. Conflict of interest. - (a) Each municipality shall adopt a conflict of interest ordinance...
Sec. 29.20.020. Meetings public. - (a) Meetings of all municipal bodies shall be public as...
Article 2. Governing Bodies.
Sec. 29.20.050. Legislative power. - (a) The legislative power of a borough is vested in...
Sec. 29.20.060. Assembly composition and apportionment. - (a) Assembly composition and apportionment shall be consistent with the...
Sec. 29.20.070. Assembly composition and form of representation. - (a) The assembly shall provide for its composition and for...
Sec. 29.20.080. Assembly recomposition and reapportionment. - (a) Not later than two months after adoption of a...
Sec. 29.20.090. Apportionment appeals. - (a) A reapportionment ordinance approved by the voters, or a...
Sec. 29.20.100. Judicial review and relief. - (a) The commissioner may request the superior court to enforce...
Sec. 29.20.110. Effective date of apportionment. - (a) A change in assembly apportionment or composition under AS...
Sec. 29.20.120. Applicability of apportionment provisions. - The provisions of AS 29.20.080 - 29.20.110 apply to home...
Sec. 29.20.130. City council composition. - Each first class city has a council of six members...
Sec. 29.20.140. Qualifications. - (a) A borough voter is eligible to be a member...
Sec. 29.20.150. Term of office. - (a) A member of the governing body is elected for...
Sec. 29.20.160. Procedures of governing bodies. - (a) The assembly shall elect from among its members a...
Sec. 29.20.170. Vacancies. - The governing body may provide by ordinance the manner in...
Sec. 29.20.180. Filling a vacancy. - (a) If a vacancy occurs in a governing body, the...
Article 3. Municipal Executive and Administrator.
Sec. 29.20.220. Executive power. - (a) The executive power in a municipality is vested in...
Sec. 29.20.230. Election and term of mayor. - (a) The mayor of a borough or first class city...
Sec. 29.20.240. Qualifications for the office of mayor. - (a) A voter of the municipality is eligible to hold...
Sec. 29.20.250. Powers and duties of mayor. - (a) If a municipality has not adopted a manager plan...
Sec. 29.20.260. Executive absence. - The borough mayor, subject to assembly approval, shall designate a...
Sec. 29.20.270. Veto. - (a) Except as provided in (c) - (e) of this...
Sec. 29.20.280. Vacancy in the office of mayor. - (a) The governing body shall, by two-thirds concurring vote, declare...
Article 4. Boards and Commissions.
Sec. 29.20.300. School boards. - (a) Each municipal school district has a school board. Except...
Sec. 29.20.310. Utility boards. - (a) The governing body of a municipality operating a public...
Sec. 29.20.320. Other boards and commissions. - (a) The governing body may by ordinance establish advisory, administrative,...
Article 5. Other Officials and Employees.
Sec. 29.20.360. Appointment of officials. - Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, the municipal clerk, attorney, treasurer,...
Sec. 29.20.370. Municipal attorney. - The municipal attorney is the legal advisor of the governing...
Sec. 29.20.380. Municipal clerk. - (a) The municipal clerk shall (1) attend meetings of the...
Sec. 29.20.390. Municipal treasurer. - (a) Except as provided in AS 14.14.060, the treasurer is...
Sec. 29.20.400. Departments. - (a) The governing body may establish municipal departments and distribute...
Sec. 29.20.410. Personnel system. - (a) Except as provided by (b) of this section, appointments...
Article 6. Manager Plan.
Sec. 29.20.460. Manager plan. - (a) A municipality may adopt a manager plan of government....
Sec. 29.20.470. Election on adoption of manager plan. - The governing body shall provide by ordinance or resolution for...
Sec. 29.20.480. Adoption of manager plan. - (a) If a manager plan is approved, the governing body...
Sec. 29.20.490. Appointment of manager. - (a) The governing body shall appoint a manager by a...
Sec. 29.20.500. Powers and duties of a manager. - The manager may hire necessary administrative assistants and may authorize...
Sec. 29.20.510. Intergovernmental appointment of manager. - A borough adopting a manager plan may, on agreement with...
Sec. 29.20.520. Repeal of manager plan. - A municipality may repeal a manager plan by following the...
Article 7. Miscellaneous Provisions.
Sec. 29.20.600. Oaths of office. - Before taking office a municipal official shall affirm in writing...
Sec. 29.20.610. Bonding. - The manager and the other municipal officials or employees that...
Sec. 29.20.620. Compensation for elected officials. - The governing body shall by ordinance provide a method of...
Sec. 29.20.630. Prohibited discrimination. - (a) A person may not be appointed to or removed...
Sec. 29.20.640. Reports. - (a) A municipality shall file with the department (1) maps...